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 | The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is calling on all African innovators to submit their entries for the fourth edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) competition. Read more >>
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 | Deloitte has launched a competition, Deloitte Technology Fast50 Africa Programme, to recognise and award African technology companies that have achieved the fastest rates of revenue growth in the past five... Read more >>
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 | The growing trend towards consumerisation of IT means that former IT responsibilities are now falling into the hands of others, with business managers slowly acquiring more control of technology budgets. Gartner predicts that by 2017, chief marketing officers will have a higher budget for new IT spend than most CIOs. Read more >>
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 | Due to customer demand, NETCB will once again be hosting a training tour to GWAVACon 2014 in Berlin from 11-16 October 2014. People from across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will be attending the two-day event that will be packed with valuable training sessions, great networking and fun. Read more >>
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 | Business Connexion (BCX) recently announced it will be hosting MyWorld of Tomorrow Africa (MWOT), reportedly a first-of-its-kind technology exhibition and conference at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 16-18 October 2014. Read more >>
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 | Issued by ITWeb ITWeb has announced that nominations for the annual IT Personality and Visionary CIO awards are now open... Read more >>
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 | Richard Broeke The role of the firewall has expanded considerably from its traditional role of perimeter security to securing application connectivity, interrogating application traffic, controlling web usage, and blocking spam. Read more >>
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 | Davide Hanan When a new job title is created and introduced to an organisation, the immediate response is typically a combination of apprehension, confusion and sometimes rejection. It's not unusual for people to scrutinise the role, question the business need, and worry about how it will affect them. Read more >>
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 | The Universal Services and Access Agency of South Africa will be hosting the ICT industry to forge ties between the agency and the private sector with the aim of speeding up the process of rolling broadband infrastructure in rural and under-served communities. Read more >>
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 | Fayaaz Seedat Always-on connectivity has many benefits for the private consumer and the business user alike, and today's plethora of mobile devices reinforce this trend with convenient connected devices geared for mobility. Read more >>
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 | SkyVision Global Networks has won the national bid to provide Bank of Africa (BOA) Burkina Faso with a full communication solution through the SkyVision VPN service, connecting BOA headquarters... Read more >>
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 | State-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech said yesterday its employees have embarked on a strike over wages. Read more >>
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 | Although South African businesses seem to consider green IT a low priority, there nevertheless is a strong demand for assistance in moving towards implementing dedicated green IT budgets, strategies and solutions. Read more >>
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 | Symantec's VP, Brian Dye, recently claimed that anti-virus software is dead, causing ripples in the infosec world and a barrage of statements, both in defence of this idea and in denial. Read more >>
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 | Craig Rossouw The Premium Rate SMS or Short Code, as it's commonly referred to, is that five digit set of numbers we've all used at one time or another. But, as with most techno-driven trends, how familiar are you with how the Short Code system actual works? Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has released a gazette requesting information on Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON - LinkedIn has agreed to pay nearly $6m in backpay and damages to 359 current and former employees after a US investigation found it had failed to pay them properly for overtime work. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Google defended its policy of electronically monitoring users' content for child sexual abuse and it tipped off police in Texas who arrested a child pornography suspect. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft is suing its long-time partner Samsung, accusing the South Korean company of breaching a contract over licensing of technology used in the smartphone market. Read more >>
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 | YANGON, QATAR: Qatari telecommunications firm Ooredoo began selling low-cost SIM cards in Myanmar, opening up access to mobile services in one of the world's virtually untapped phone markets. Read more >>
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 | MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russian bloggers took revenge on Friday for a controversial new law imposing tough rules on online expression by inundating Moscow's communications watchdog with phony registration requests. Read more >>
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 | OTTAWA, CANADA: Canada accuses China of hacking into the computers of its research and development arm, which Beijing strongly denied. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The surge in Internet-connected devices, like TVs, refrigerators, thermostats, door locks and more, has opened up huge opportunities for cyber-attacks because of weak security, researchers say. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA:- Startup company Eaze has released a smartphone application promising prompt, professional delivery of medical marijuana to the doors of patients in San Francisco. Read more >>
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 | OTTAWA, CANADA: Loss-making Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry has bought German voice and data encryption and anti-eavesdropping firm Secusmart. Secusmart's customers include NATO, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and entire government. Read more >>
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 | SHANGHAI, CHINA: China is investigating Microsoft for allegedly operating a monopoly in its market, the government said, as it took aim at the US software company's over business practices. Read more >>
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 | Chris Bathembu President Jacob Zuma asked for the support of American business to ensure that South Africa does not get excluded from African Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA), the preferential trade programme that was enacted in 2000 to boost and diversify African trade with the US. Read more >>
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 | Carol Paton The South African National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) will ask the Western Cape High Court next week to grant it a secrecy application, which will allow it keep details of the proposed tolling of the N1 and N2 highways confidential. Read more >>
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